AFL Auskick Program Overview

The NAB AFL Auskick program provides boys and girls with a fun and safe Australian Football experience that serves as an introduction to a lifetime of involvement in the game.

The program is not just about introducing children to Australian Football – it activates and develops within each child the desire for a healthy lifestyle and an association with our great game.

This is achieved through activities and programs for individuals, small groups and teams, and aims to assist development of personal and social skills.

Benefits to children

Children learn the fundamental motor skills for future physical activity and sports participation

Children learn the basics of fitness conditioning, including how to train and practise

Children learn the basic principles and importance of health and nutrition

Through specially arranged physical activities and games, some very important mental and psychological skills are nurtured. These include self-motivation, self-responsibility, self-management, persistence, resilience and a best effort always attitude

Through specially arranged team activities, children learn important social skills, including cooperation and respect for others

Contact with older children and adults provides valuable role model experiences

Generally, children benefit from greater levels of confidence and self-awareness and improved health, fitness and overall well-being

Physical activity develops motor and social skills and intellectual capacities.

NAB AFL Auskick can assist in reducing self-destructive and delinquent behaviour in young people and contribute to a more disciplined attitude

Community structures often serve as positive models for other community programs that rely on volunteer support

Growth in NAB AFL Auskick benefits our economy, as do the savings on health expenditure that flow from a fitter and healthier population

Physically active children are more attentive, have a more efficient memory, enhanced creativity and better learning, and problem solving and attitude capabilities

NAB AFL Auskick helps children develop to their full potential.

Benefits to parents

Convenient, local opportunities for safe, quality family time that results in family bonding

The opportunity to engage with children and other families in physical activities and games

Greater social contact and interaction

Benefits to the community

A stronger social fabric and improved community health

Enhanced family and non-family support networks

Decreased antisocial behaviour

Community structures often serve as positive models for other community programs that rely on volunteer support

Growth in NAB AFL Auskick benefits our economy, as do the savings on health expenditure that flow from a fitter and healthier population